My hovercraft is full of eels

05Mar11

I recently learned a bit of Welsh. The list of Useful Welsh Phrases was very helpful indeed—until I got to the last sentence. On what planet would a traveler need to say, “My hovercraft is full of eels”? (“Mae fy hofrenfad yn llawn llyswennod.”)

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